Republican appropriators and other lawmakers are plotting measures to reclaim Congress’ funding authority after the White House announced a unilateral cancellation of roughly $810 million in congressionally approved spending.
President Trump announced a pocket rescission to claw back about $810 million in appropriated funds for programs including immigrant services and diversity initiatives.
The Government Accountability Office reported that the administration lacks authority to revoke the $810 million without congressional action.
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Home / House of Representatives / Republicans Scheme to Defy Trump On Spending "Lawmakers are fuming over President Donald Trump's latest challenge to Congress' funding power and already plotting to stop him in the future — a move that would require Republicans to buck their own party's standard-bearer," Politico reports. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
WASHINGTON — Senate appropriators began plotting ways to defend their power of the purse Monday after President Donald Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in appropriated funding without the approval of Congress.
“Lawmakers in both parties blasted a plan by President Donald Trump to claw back more than $800 million in congressionally approved spending across the government, saying the president had no right to defy Congress in how he directs federal funding,” the Washington Post reports. “The White House late Friday said it was
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog’s decision contends the White House budget office doesn’t hold the ability to claw back th
The rare maneuver targets funding for immigrant services and diversity initiatives.
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